The Good News Club at Rockdale Elementary School began yesterday(Jan 12, 2011), and boy was it a great start! This school has a special place in my heart for many reasons. One, it was the very first GNC I started on my own, second, it was the place were I lead my first two children to the Lord, and lastly because the school reminds me of my grade school in rural Bureau County, Il. Seven years ago, my GNC team and I walked through the doors of this school for a GNC. It is hard to imagine that many years have past.
As we were getting our room set up, the school superintendent walked by and gave me a warm welcome. He showed me all the new improvements the school has made since our last time we were there. It was a great conversation and I was left with such a positive feeling from Mr. Espinoza. He made me feel like he really appreciated our coming in with this program for this school. As the children arrived, they were almost entirely all new to club. As the club progressed, I watched the faces of the children and I saw joy and faced having fun. We have 8 great children attending and they are very new to things of the Lord. This excites me greatly because this means I will be able to watch God move and work in their lives for perhaps the first time!
But the highlight of the day was when one of the older boys Gary*(named changed) prayed to received Christ as Savior!! What a way to start off the new quarter of Good News Clubs! I am so energized and cannot wait to see what will happen next week.
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